SWALLOW G.F.

Given Names:  George Frederick

Service Number:  3238

Unit:  23rd Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  167982

Age:  23 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Jeweller                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  2 In                     

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  16/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry James Swallow

69 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  26/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Commonwealth A73

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Morvada

Embarked:  4/1/1919                                 

Disembarked:  20/2/1919

Unit:  59th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  6/4/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  30558

Victory Medal:  30348

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Cranbourne (Tooradin), Victoria    

Father:  Henry James SWALLOW            

Mother:  Charlotte Elizabeth HAINES

MARRIAGE

Year:  1918     

Place:  Dorset, England  

Spouse: Miriam Ivy Joyce EDWARDS

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/8/1975                            

Place: Huntingdale, Victoria                     

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/7/1916; gun shot wound, left leg

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Hawthorn Town Hall

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

First wife died 1922 (Prahran); remarried Mary Ellen Grace RICHIE in 1924